Can you join the Navy if you are on probation?

Answer 1

Not until your probation is over, and even then it depends on what the probation is for. You cannot join any military branch if you're legally obligated to another branch of federal, state or local government. The military generally doesn't accept anything in a person's record other than minor traffic violations and offenses.

It has nothing to do with whether or not you've paid up - it has to do with you ability to pass a background investigation for a security clearance, of which most Navy rates are required to have for their particular jobs. The Navy does not conduct BI's - The Department of Defense does, so they have no control over what DoD decides is acceptable or not.

Answer 2

You can't join any branch of the military if you are on probation. You can probably join after you're off probation, depending on what got you on probation in the first place. If it was drug or gang related, don't even count on joining the Corps, they don't put up with that sort of thing. If it was drugs, you could probably get in Navy they are undermanned and will take as many recruits as they can. But it truly depends on what was your conviction.